Juvenile Delinquency and Culture….!

Juvenile Delinquency and Culture….!

“No one is born as a criminal, but are made criminals”

Juvenile: A boy or girl child under 18 years of age is a juvenile or child under section 2(k) JJA 2000.Delinquency: a kind of abnormality when an individual deviates from the course of normal social life. Juvenile Delinquent: a juvenile who is alleged to have committed an offence and has not completed 18^th year of age as on the date of commission of such offence (section 2(l) JJA 2000).It Includes Violent Crimes, Drug & Alcohol Violations, Sexual Offences and Status Offence. What are reasons for delinquent behavior? It includes Social disorganization, Family environment, Increase in standard of living, for seeking attention, Attraction towards money and luxuries, Influence of media, Influence of video games, Strain and stress, Labelling and Mental disorders. The above reasons may affect the mentality of teens and promote him /her to do crime in this age. The delinquency rate is higher among the boys than the girls. The age group that produces the most juvenile delinquents is between12-16 years. Low educational background is one of the main reasons for juvenile delinquency. Juvenile delinquents are found more in urban areas. Poor economic background is also another important cause for youth offense in India. The changing lifestyle is most effect on the behaviors of teens. At the small age they used to addict toward the drugs and alcohol that may lead to the juvenile delinquency. Managing the status symbol, giving the freedom and become a modern parents to fulfill the generation gap sometime parent also promote to their child for such addictions. Parents also responsible for this type of crime because due to their managing lifestyle may spoiled their child future.

I found some solution on that just look….! Behavior therapy is focused on helping an individual understand how changing their behavior can lead to changes in how they are feeling. The goal of behavior therapy is usually focused on increasing the person’s engagement in positive or socially reinforcing activities. Activity therapy is a healing technique that is often employed with people overcoming physical addictions or emotional issues. The main focus of the therapy is to engage the individual in creative endeavors that help to alter the thought processes of the patient in a positive manner. Activity therapy may take place between a therapist and a single patient or be utilized in a group environment. Juvenile Delinquency is one of the major rising concerns in the world and in India. NGOs as well as the Government have taken drastic measures to control the overgrowing cases of juvenile delinquency and hopefully someday, we will see a new world where the innocence has been restored.

Juvenile delinquency and Society……

Juvenile delinquency and Society……

Teens were involved in various social problems and serious crime. The problem, if not tackled immediately, will be more difficult to overcome social problems, including drug abuse, truancy, bully, gangsterism, extortion and pornography Based on the 2010 statistics, 1.43 percent of disciplinary cases were recorded in schools in the country, with 0.32 percent of them involving criminal cases. Young generation is more exposed to powerful drugs. Juveniles these days start taking drugs at a very early age. They have easy access to illegal, powerful drugs. Since these minors often do not have enough money to buy drugs they become addicted to, they tend to commit crimes to obtain money. The problem here is that the medical world is still not advanced enough to diagnose certain mental conditions, such as personality disorder in children.

 These issues may include neglect and abuse (physical, psychological, and emotional), ongoing parental conflict, and lack of proper parental supervision, For example, a juvenile who does not get proper basic education or the one with very low intelligence level is very much likely to get engaged in delinquent conduct retentive is doing an activity systematically, full of planning and having the good direction in order to make the juvenile delinquency does not come up. There are many preventive efforts that the society can do such as, the parents make a harmonic family, make a religious family, give the affection normally to children, watch their children activity normally. Teacher affection to the students. In order to know the psychologist side of the students, teacher should know the growth psychology of the students. School can provide the facility as like laboratory,    squad, sports, and etc. it can make students use the facility when they are in the leisure time Curative effort is anticipation to the juvenile delinquency. It specializes to the symptom of delinquency. This action is usually done by the police and public attorney. Delinquency Prevention is the broad term for all efforts aimed at preventing youth from becoming involved in criminal, or other antisocial activity.

Empowering the children, there are two kinds of empowering the juvenile. Empowering to the juvenile who does not do the delinquency. It can be in the family, school, and society. This effort is to prevent the juvenile to do the delinquency. Empowering to the juvenile who does the delinquency or who are in jail. This effort is important to   make the juvenile not to do again their delinquency empowering the children, there are two kinds of empowering the juvenile. Empowering to the juvenile who does not do the delinquency. It can be in the family, school, and society. This effort is to prevent the juvenile to do the delinquency. Empowering to the juvenile who does the delinquency or who are in jail. This effort is important to make the juvenile not to   do again their delinquency child or adolescent who is capable of being friendly,    obedient, and caring who would follow the rules and act morally and ethically under normal circumstances can be driven to juvenile delinquency if neglected, abandoned abuse. Delinquency Prevention is the broad term for all efforts aimed at preventing youth from becoming involved in criminal, or other antisocial, activity. The unity of family, school, and society is very important to do in order to prevent the delinquency.

Juvenile Delinquency Statistics in India

Juvenile Delinquency Statistics in India

In the year 2014, a total of 33,526 cases (under IPC) were registered against children below 18 years of age, as against a total number of 28, 51,563 cases registered in the country.Is the foundation for this regressive policy change sound? Statement of Objects and Reasons: “…increasing cases of crimes committed by children in the age group of 16-18 years in recent years makes it evident that the current provisions and system under the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000, are ill equipped to tackle child offenders in this age group. The data collected by the National Crime Records Bureau establishes that crimes by children in the age group of 16-18 years have increased especially in certain categories of heinous offences.” Committee on the Rights of the Child has made recommendations to: 30 State Parties to abolish life imprisonment for child offenders. 50 State Parties to stop treating juveniles as adults and to amend their laws to ensure that all children are dealt with under the juvenile justice system.106 State Parties to ensure the separation of juveniles from adults during detention The UN Human Rights Council has also called on States to ensure that legislation and practices do not permit life imprisonment for offences committed by persons under 18 years of age in two separate resolutions and the UN General Assembly has encouraged States to consider repealing all forms of life imprisonment including life imprisonment “with the possibility of release for offences committed by persons under 18”.In January 2013, concern was expressed about the continued detention of child soldiers by the US in detention facilities in Iraq & Afghanistan. US was urged to ensure that “all children under the age of 18 be handled by the juvenile justice system in all circumstances and presume young persons to be children if in doubt regarding their age.”

Percentage of Juvenile Crimes to Total Crimes, 2013

•       From 2003-2013, the percentage of juvenile crimes to total crimes has marginally increased from 1.0% to 1.2%.

•       The percentage of juvenile crimes to total crimes remained constant at 1.2% in 2013

Children between 16-18 years apprehended for ‘heinous offences’ in 2013

“When I look at so many leaders in our country, I feel and know that many of them have made many mistakes – big and small in their lives. Yet, have they not turned their lives around and become leaders and are they not doing great things for our country? Please give young people a chance and we will also show you what good we can do for this country. Please do not kill our spirit and hopes by sending us to jail. Help us, guide us, advise us, support us and show us the right path – don’t condemn us to a life in jail.

Juvenile Delinquency 

 

Juvenile delinquency differs from other Crimes? Because It Committed by teenage group. At this teenage, girls and boys are not mature enough to understand the world .In such crime cases, surrounding always play an important role. It includes parents, friends and teachers and these people are responsible together with the teenagers who commit crime. Due to this reason courts do not punish the teenagers like they punish the adults when they commit a crime. There are separate juvenile courts and the purpose of juvenile punishment is to help the teenager understand the importance of staying away from crimes. There are various theories of juvenile delinquency and various researchers have reported different reasons of delinquency. Most of the delinquent teenagers belong from low social, economic or psychological background. 

What are the causes that lead to Juvenile crime? The causes include family, personal reasons of persons, Peer groups influence and most impact-full the society he or she belong from. Family has influence on teenagers to commit crime because in country like India most of the families faces the problems like economic problems, psychological problems, social problems, moral problems and the parenting style in families also one of the issues. Sometimes personal reasons may lead to teenager behavior. The adolescent faces hardship in life due to some psychological or physical problems that teenager going through. The view of society toward the teenager behavior may effect negatively and can lead to commit crime even if he belongs to good or reputed family.  Those adolescents who are suffering from some psychological or physical problem want to take revenge from society, friends, family or peer group.

We as a society or family can avoid these type of crime by taking the responsibility of fight against the causes. Proper quality education of each individual in the society is the vital step in reducing such type of crimes. Education help to build up the moral values and the understanding the good and bad in the surroundings as well as social conditions of each family and society. Communication gap should be filled between teens and their parents, so that the problem that faced by teens will be discussed and not ignored which help to improve the mentality of the juveniles. Incorporating these things the innocence of the juvenile will sustain or the spectra will continue to dig vicious holes in our surroundings….!